The Reserve Bank is working with other regulators to crack down on risky lending to housing investors amid concerns they are intensifying soaring property prices in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia's central bank is worried that the fast-growing rate at which banks are lending to investors is out of proportion with rental demand. This could have wider-ranging effects on the economy, the RBA warned in its twice-yearly Financial Stability Review. Scroll down for video House for sale on Chastleton Avenue in Toorak, Melbourne. The blue-chip suburb is a favourite among investors The Reserve Bank is working with other regulators to crack down on risky lending to housing investors amid concerns they are intensifying soaring property prices

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- Australia questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Chastleton Avenue questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Financial Stability Review questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- House questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Melbourne questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- RBA questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Reserve Bank questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Sydney questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'
- Toorak questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'


RBA questioned whether banks were practicing enough caution in their lending practices considering the current climate of 'low interest rates, strong housing price growth and higher household indebtedness than in past decades.'